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Tripterygiidae
Tripterygiidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Tripterygiidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Perciformes – the triple-fin blennies, small fish of temperate and tropical shallow oceanic waters, with tree dorsal fins.
Hypernyms
- (family): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Percomorpha - series; Ovalentaria - clade; Blennioidei - suborder
Hyponyms
- (family): Notoclininae, Tripterygiinae - subfamilies
- Brachynectes, Notoclinus - genera in Notoclinae; Acanthanectes, Apopterygion, Axoclinus, Bellapiscis, Blennodon, Ceratobregma, Cremnochorites, Crocodilichthys, Cryptichthys, Enneanectes, Enneapterygius, Forsterygion, Gilloblennius, Helcogramma, Helcogrammoides, Karalepis, Lepidoblennius, Lepidonectes, Matanui, Norfolkia, Notoclinops, Ruanoho, Springerichthys, Trianectes, Trinorfolkia, Tripterygion, Ucla - genera in Tripterygiinae